The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-28
AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS.
Personal and Local.

Ichot anu passenger agent VI ta5 SAiSo5o ~
Iowa road.
Eugene Kelly. so long connected with the L.
f. q W. railroad at Muncie is to take charge or
the Bond House. at Niles, Mich, on April l.
The FIVE Western lines last week brought into
this station B. 400 loaded cars. The five Eastern
lines forwarded from this point O65 loaded cars
M. j. Stimmel, chief clerk of Superintendent
Fargo of the American Express Company. has
been retired and Capt Ed Rasehg has been ap-
pointed to the position.
George Burt, passenger conductor OH the Chi
cago q Eastern Illinois, has obtained several
weeks leave of absence, and goes to California
for the benefit of his health
John Trinde. passenger conductor on the Van
dalla, and one of the oldest and most popular
running on that road, is the sick list. Freight
Conductor Burke now has charge of his train
The pay--olls of the indianapolis car works
show that 76O men are now employed at the
establishment. The company pays off every
two weeks, and it requires nearly $4,000 to pay
the men.
General Passenger and Freight Agent Cart
wright. of the Cincinnati. Wabash & Michigan
road in the city Saturday. route south
ward on business expedition. He expects to
be absent couple of weeks.
The indianapolis Rolling mill Comany now ex-
pect to start up the new mill week from to-
day. They have already stock sufficient of En-
glish blooms to make ten thousand tons OF steel
rails, and the blooms are still arriving daily.
superintendent WOOOdru, OF the L., M a. 90
c.. states that their road-bed through what is
known as the Kankakee swamps has been prac-
tcally rebuilt, and that no trouble is anticipated
at this point here after the settling of the road
bed
W. P. jenkins, travelling freight agent of the
L. e. & w. railroad. has accepted position
| with the Delaware & Lackawanna railroad, with
headquarters at Chicago Mr. Jenkins is an
efficient and popular official and his friends here
regret his departure.
| e. G. Burton, agent of the American Express
Company at New Albany, has been appointed
| route agent of the American Express Company,
| vice Capt Ed Raschig, promoted. H. Perkins.
| express messenger of the L., N. A. q G., sue
| ceeds Mr. Burton as agent at New Albany.
j. NJ. Osborn. commercial agent of the Wa
| bash, who is pretty level-headed, says: 1.-The
| new law will be good thing for the railroads
| and the public as we'll" He thought there were
| some roads that it would iniure, but such are
those continually dropping into the hands
| of a receiver. and should have never been built
| In the first place.
John T. Dugan, formerly an employe of the
Decline as a machnist in the Brightwood shops.
died at st. Louis on the oath, of heart disease
| An aged mother. who depended largely On him
| for support, survives him. Johnny, as he was
| familiarly known, hearted and genial
| fellow, and much beloved and respected by all
who knew his excellent traits.
1t is suggested that as soon as Presidents
| Roberts and Corbin get their Pennsylvania, Jer-
S0y Coutral ana 1QllaU6lpula % meaning CuIu ol-
nation scheme moving along smoothly they come
| west of PittSburg and make an attempt at least,
| to establish more harmonious relations between
| the passenger departments OF the Western lines
| OF which they are the respective presidents
| C. E. Lambert who has just been appointed
| general passenger agent of the West Shore road,
commenced railroad service at the bottom round.
| He first Office boy, then clerk, brakeman,
| train agent, palace car conductor depot ticket
| agent, passenger conductor travelling passenger
| AGENT pannral agent and assistant
| perintendent. There are but few better known
railroad men than Mr. Lambert
William Chamberlain, the retiring superin-
tendent of the Boston, Worcester & Providence
road is studying the problem how to heat rail
road cars. He objects to steam, because by it
! the wrecked passengers would be parboiled, and
to gas for lighting, because they would be suf-
located. and, of course, to the car stove because
they are roasted every day. Meantime so many
schemes of salvation from the deadly car-stove
are abroad that railroad company feels that II
is damned if it hasn't one.
The c., II. 6 D. people in the past have beer
| grum bling that the L., n. A & c., Airline. sc
often turned their through train over to then
} late. The L., N. A. & c. this week place some
heavier engines, which have been rebuilt at the
own shops in good style, on these trains. ant
Superintendent Woodland has informed Superin
tendent Nelson, CT the G.. II. q ID. lines, tina
he proposes to show the c., Fl. & D. at the enc
. of the next twelve months that they have turned
the trains over to the L., N. A. & G. late a
, | often as the L., N A. % y. Will LneIr trains u
the c., II. Il d.
The general freight agents of number of tn
Southern roads are disposed to take advantag
of the interstate commerce bill to advance rate
! on shipments Of lumber to Northern car works
and it is already crippling the business of tn
firms which handle this class of lumber, and tn
probabilities are that they will make arrange
ments to ship ali the lumber for Pennsylvania
8 New York and New England by water snoul
: the roads take such firm stand in this matter
8 Indications are that the works in Indian
t and Ohio are to have some trouble to get lumoe
at reasonable rates. =.
/, In this country railroad talent is appreciated
and men of ability command good salaries
' George B. Roberts president of the Pennsylva
MIA. now draws $4,000 year. Charles Franci
| Adams, of the Union Pacific, and Austin Corbin
| of the Reading, receive 100000 per annum
William B. Strong, president of the Atchisor
Topeka & Santa Fe, gets $685. 900 year. Th
t three big Chicago systems, the Chicago, Bur
o lington & Quincy, the Chicago Milwaukee
s st. Paul, and the Chicago 81 Northwestern pa
: ! their presidents $25, 900 per annum. The nun
9 Der of railroad presidents who receive salar
g of 500, 600 is great.
: But few men retire from good position as al
: ruptly as did Owen Rice, general passenger an
freight agent of the Cincinnati, Wabash I
Michigan road. 1t is stated by of tho official
: of the road that the general manager handed hir
z a letter from President Ives stating that on tn
3 following Monday Mr.. Cartwright would b
y there, he having been appointed assistant ger
!; eral freight agent of the road. Manager Becl
y ley returned to his ROOM and in short tim
9 Mr.. Rice passed through it and remarked tina
s he should not return for duty again. Mr.. Becl
a ley was somewhat surprised. but said nothing
!. supposing that after further consideration MI
= Rice would return, but several weeks hav
= passed. and he has never been near the office
: of the company. In the meantime Mr. Car
s wright has been appointed general passenge
. and freight agent.
l. Freight Business Little Off.
The train records show that the roads are su
fering more or less in their business through tt
wretched condition of the country roads, whlc
% prevents shippers reaching the stations wit